Continuing our short series on quick facilitation hacks I use all the time:
If you notice a group is getting a bit mired in binary thinking (i.e. “We have to choose this or that,” or “The world looks like this or that”), I find it helpful to draw a line on a whiteboard, with their two options at either end. Then I ask them:
Continue reading “My Go-To Tool”Sometimes people ask me when I “have time to come up with so many new ideas?”
I wonder if they think I just sit at my desk and think. I don’t.
Thinking is work, yes, but most of my ideas come when I am “in delivery” — in front of a room of people, speaking or facilitating. I test them in real time and see which ones land.
Continue reading “Adjust the Bullseye”Think of a presentation you’ve heard that has really stuck with you.
Are there many? Likely not.
I heard one this week, by Sarah Owen of Collaboratory, that I can’t stop thinking about, so I thought I’d tell you about it.
Continue reading “Thanks, Sarah!”Sometimes making a wiser decision faster requires slowing down. Good ideas or big transitions often take time to germinate or incubate, and we are wise to let them.
Continue reading “In praise of long-term overnight success”Which book comes to your mind most often? Something you quote or use ideas from regularly?
For me, a top contender would be Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. (“Begin with the end in mind… Choose the important over the urgent… Sharpen the saw…”) I can hardly believe it came out in 1989.
Continue reading “Living Life in Crescendo”
